PRELUDE TO ATHENA: HONOUR TO END

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: HONOUR TO END ALEX BAMFORD WE START OFF WITH A BLACK SCREEN HEARING SWORDS CLANGING TOGETHER AND BOTH JACK AND HARAKA GRUNTING AND YELLING AS THEY ATTACK EACH OTHER. CUT TO: EXT-SNOWY MOUNTAIN-DAY. JACKS SWORD CLASHES WITH HARAKAS. IT’S A FIERCE, FAST AND FURIOUS FIGHT. HARAKA COUNTERS ONE OF JACKS ATTACKS AND SENDS HIS OPPONENT SWORD OUT OF HIS HANDS, AGAIN. HOWEVER JACK DEPLOYS TWO SWORDS FROM HIS GAUNTLETS. AFTER SOME MORE FIGHTING, BOTH LOCK THEIR WEAPONS. HARAKA: STRUGGLING Your death was foreseen for years. What was it they wrote? The weak shall perish! JACK: SMIRKING AND STRUGGLING Haraka, did your Mother never tell you not to believe everything you're told? BOTH CONTINUE TO FIGHT. CONNECTING BLADES. BOTH TRYING TO ACHIEVE A KILLING BLOW. CUT TO: EXT-NORTH DORIS PRIME-DAY THE AMELIA FLIES THROUGH A STORM TRYING TO GET TO JACKS LOCATION. CUT TO: INT- AMELIA COCKPIT. THE RENEGADES ARE KNOCKED BACK BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE BUT QUICKLY RECOMPOSE AND CONTINUE ON THERE TASK. BELLE: SARCASTICALLY I thought you said we could get there quickly as we’re on a bloody spacecraft? LUCY: POINTS OUT THE WINDOW Unfortunately that doesn't seem to apply when we're in a storm! SHE CHUCKLES. IN THE BACK, ROLAND IS BENT OVER TRYING NOT TO THROW UP. MISSOURI TEASES HIM. MISSOURI: Fun flight isn’t it? ROLAND: MEETS HER GAZE, THROWS UP IN CORNER, WIPES MOUTH If I wasn't trying so hard to keep it down, I'd beat you up! THE PAIR LAUGH, AS THEY KNOW R IS ONLY JOKING! EVE: You two and your banter! Wait, you are joking right?! ROLAND and LUCY LOOK AT HER AND LAUGH, THEY ALL KNOW THE PAIR ARE KIDDING ROLAND STOPS LAUGHNG AND CLENCHES HIS GUT, RUNNING TO THE CORNER AGAIN.... SANDRA IS BOUNCING BETWEEN TWO CONSOLES TRYING TO SEARCH FOR JACK. ONE CONSOLE BLEEPS AND SHE TURNS TO IT AND TURN BACK TO BELLE AND LUCY. SANDRA: Guy's, YES!! I’ve found him. BELLE: (to Lucy) Brilliant, full steam ahead. CUT TO: EXT-SNOWY MOUNTAIN-DAY. THE TWO OPPONENT CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT TO THE DEATH. ONE JACK’S ATTACKS MISSES HARAKA AND HE’S PUNCHED IN THE FACE. WHILE DASED HE IS THEN KICKED BACK. HE RETRACTS HIS BLADES AND THEN CHARGES AT HARAKA. HE THEN ACTIVATES HIS FLIGHT MODE AND FLIES AT HARAKA WHO SHOOTING HIM WITH A PULSE PISTOL. HE COLLIDES WITH HARAKA SENDING HIM OVER THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF. AS HIS OPPONENT FALLS TO THE GROUND, JACK FLIES UP THEN FALLS AND PUSHES HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND CAUSING A DUST CLOUD TO APPEAR. A SPINNING BLADE APPEARS FROM JACK’S LEG AND MOVES TOWARDS HARAKA’S HEAD. HOWEVER HARAKA GRABS JACK BY THE FACE AND THROWS HIM. JACK LANDS AND CHARGES AT HIS OPPONENT AND JUST WHALES ON HIM. PUNCHING HARAKA , DODGING HIS ATTACKS. HE GOES FOR DEADLY AND BRUTAL HEAD AND BODY HITS. AND THEN FINISHES HARAKA WITH ONE SWIFT RIGHT HOOK, SENDING HARAKA FLYING BACK AND SKIDDING ALONG THE FLOOR TO A STOP. HARAKA LAYS ON THE GROUND, EXHAUSTED AND BEATEN, STRUGGLES TO GET UP AND SEE’S JACK WALKING TOWARDS HIM. JACK EXTENDS ONE OF HIS WRIST SWORDS AND PLACE A FOOT ON HARAKA’S CHEST, KEEPING HIS OPPONENT DOWN. HARAKA: No. My destiny. This is not how it’s suppose to end. JACK: On the contrary Haraka. (raises his sword) I couldn’t have allowed this to end otherwise. WITH A LIGHTNING STRIKE BEHIND THEM, JACK DROPS HIS SWORD TO KILL HARAKA. HOWEVER TO THE SHOCK OF JACK, HARAKA STOPPED HIS FINAL STRIKE HOLDING HIS SWORD BETWEEN HIS HANDS. HE PUSHES HIMSELF UP, STILL HOLDING THE WRIST SWORD. JACK STRUGGLES TO REMOVE HIS SWORD FROM HARAKA GRASP. HARAKA THEN SNAPS THE SWORD CLEAN OFF THE GAUNTLET AND UPPERCUTS JACK. HARAKA: What was that you were saying Jack? (Reveals to be holding Jack’s sword which his opponent lost earlier) You couldn’t have allowed this to end otherwise? Ha! I laugh at you Jack, for where you have you heart set on this, albeit, pathetic concept of hope, your head lack's the rather crucial concept of reality and sensibility. I also have wisdom over your youth, and wisdom my friend, wins every time. JACK’S FURY RISES. HE TAKES A SWING AT HARAKA WHO DODGES THEN RAMS JACKS SWORD THROUGH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THIS COMPLETELY SHOCKS JACK. IT’S HIS FIRST TIME BEING IMPALED. IT’S NOW HARAKA’S TURN TO WHALE ON JACK. AFTER SEVERELY BEATING BACK JACK, HE THEN UPPERCUTS JACK, AGAIN, WHICHS SEND HIM FLYING IN AIR AND INTO THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. HE IS NOW STUCK INTO THE WALL. UP IN THE SKY THE AMELIA FLYS IN AS HARAKA WALKS UP TO HIS OPPONENT. CUT TO: INT-AMELIA COCKPIT BELLE SEE’S HER BOYFRIEND ABOUT TO MEET HIS MATCH. SHE RACES UP FROM HER CHAIR AND HEADS FOR THE EXIT. BELLE: SHIT!! ROL, MISSOURI!! BOTH FOLLOW THE SECOND IN COMMAND. CUT TO: EXT-SNOWY MOUNTAIN-DAY HARAKA CONTINUES TO WALK TOWARDS THE HELPLESS JACK, WHO IS STRUGGLING TO FREE HIMSELF FROM THE ROCK FACE. HE THEN SLAMS JACK’S FACE INTO THE ROCK FACE WITH HIS HAND WHILE PUSHING ON THE SWORD WITH HIS KNEE CAUSING JACK TO GROAN IN PAIN. HARAKA: Remember the threat I gave you about what I would do to your sister when I find her? (he gets right in Jack’s face) Well, you'll be glad to know, as a man who keeps his word, I swear to you, I'll keep mine. She's a dead girl walking, Jack. Ha!! AMELIA FLIES OVER THE BOTH OF THEM AND SWINGS AROUND REVEALING THE REAR HATCH OPEN AND ROLAND WITH A MINI GUN WHO OPENS FIRE ON HARAKA KNOCKING HIM BACK. BELLE AND MISSOURI BOTH JUMP OUT. BELLE OPENS FIRE WITH JACKS SHIELD CANNON WHILE MISSOURI HELPS JACK. MISSOURI: GOING TO REMOVE THE SWORD You’ve seen better days. JACK: STRUGGLING TO KEEP CONCIOUS DON'T! …. Leave it in.... It'll sever the tendons and I'll lose pints of blood if you pull it out.. SHE KNEELS DOWN TO JACK, PULLING A SLEEVE OFF OF HER SHIRT AND WRAPPING IT AROUND THE WOUND TO TRY TO STOP THE BLEEDING. JACK: Thank you. What rounds are the using? MISSOURI: Concussion. (turns to see Belle and now Roland shooting at Haraka who is shooting back) Are you sure you still want him as your kill? In your condition? THE TWO RENEGADES POUND HARAKA WITH ROUND AFTER ROUND AFTER ROUND FROM THEIR WEAPONS. HARAKA THEN TURNS HIS WEAPON TO THE GROUND BETWEEN BELLE AND ROLAND AND FIRES AN EXPLOSIVE ROUND CAUSING THE RENEGADES TO FLY THROUGH THE AIR. ROLAND IS TRAPPED UNDER RUBBLE WHILE BELLE RECOMPOSES HERSELF AND CONTINUES TO FIGHT. AFTER SEVERAL CUTS OF THE FIGHT BETWEEN BELLE AND HARAKA AND MISSOURI ATTEMPTING TO FREE JACK FROM THE ROCK FACE, JACK IS PULLED FREE AND WHALES ON HARAKA. IT'S ROUNDHOUSE AFTER ROUNDHOUSE KICK, HIS RIGHT ARM DISABLED FOR THE FIGHT. ROLAND BREAKS FREE AND SEE’S THAT JACK HAS FORCED HIS OPPONENT BACK TO THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF, WITH A VERY BIG DROP. ROLAND: Jack! HE CHUCKS JACK AL’S SNIPER RIFLE WHO CATCHES IT AND WITH ONE HAND, POINTS IT AT HARAKA. JACK: Haraka! You have failed this galaxy! And my hope is what's gonna save it. HE FIRES THE RIFLE WHICH HITS HIS OPPONENT IN THE CHEST AND SENDS TUMBLING OVER THE EDGE AND THROUGH THE CLOUDS. THE KICK BACK OF THE RIFLE SLAMMED IT INTO JACKS SOLDIER, DISLOCATING IT AND THROWING HIM TO THE GROUND. ROLAND, MISSOURI AND BELLE RUSH TO HIS SIDE. BELLE: JACK! Baby? You ok? JACK: (groaning in pain) Well it’s the same shoulder that got impaled through earlier and now it’s dislocated. In other words yeah i’m ok. You got any ice though? MISSOURI: LAUGHING We clearly all carry pocketful’s of the stuff! ROLAND STARTS TO LAUGH AND THE OTHERS FOLLOW SUITE AS AMELIA LANDS TO PICK THEM UP. WE PULL BACK FROM THIS WITH A BIRDS EYE VIEW SHOT. FADE TO: INT-EMERALD CITY CHURCH-NIGHT (Note: no dialogue is heard only the music is heard in this scene) AL’S BODY LAYS IN A COFFIN READY FOR BURIAL. THE CREW ARE ALL HERE AS IS MEMBERS OF THE CITY, JACKS ARM IS IN A SLING. THE PRINCESS IS GIVING THE EULOGY WHILE EVERYONE LISTENS. WE PULL BACK TO REVEAL MORE COFFINS READY FOR AN HONOURABLE BURIALS. AS THE PRINCESS FINISHES HER EULOGY, JACK LOOKS UP. PRINCESS: Honour and hope to the end. THE CAMERA IS ON JACK BUT EVERYONE IS HEARD REPEATING THE LAST WORDS SAID. ALL: Honour and hope to the end. FADE TO: EXT-AMELIA IN SPACE. THE AMELIA FLIES THROUGH OPEN SPACE. IT’S DESTINATION UNKNOWN. FADE TO: INT-AMELIA COCKPIT JACK IS LEANT AGAINST ONE OF THE REAR CONSOLES WHILE THE REST GATHER ROUND HIM. JACK: Y'all got on this boat for different reasons. You all came because I offered you an adventure. You’ve all gone from just being crew members to being my new family. (Looks at Belle) And some more. (He taps a console and the blue light from episode 1 reappears this time showing a young girl) This is Daisy. She’s my sister. 5 years ago someone tried to kill her. I hid her on Earth to keep her safe. As of eighteen months ago she has gone missing and i can’t find her. The reason i hid her was because she is part of The Prophecy of the Knights of the Olympus. The Prophecy of the Knights of the Olympus says that Athena will rise in the form of a young girl born not of terra and unite the galaxy. Daisy is that girl. However my mother has gone all Henry the Eighth on me and thinks it’s actually her who is the reincarnation of Athena. She is the one who ordered the hit on her and is now heading to Earth to kill her and remove the competition. (He switches off the console) I had Meredith stay on Earth after your raid to find her. He is to let me know as soon as he has relative location on her. I plan to find her and stop my mother. Kill her if I have to. I know this sounds crazy and i’m asking a lot of you, but in return I'm offering you another adventure, if you can call it that! I need you guys to help me find her. I can't guarantee your safety, I can't guarantee we'll all return to normality aftwerwards either. But I can guarantee another trip, with the best team in the galaxy, and friendship that'll last to the end. THE CREW LOOKS AT EACH OTHER. THEN ONE OF THE SCREENS BEHIND THEM FLASHES ON AND A MAN APPEARS ON THE SCREEN. HE’S MUCH OLDER THAN THE CREW. HE’S MID TO LATE 50’S. MEREDITH: Jack. I’ve found her. She’s in the United Kingdom. I don’t know where yet. More information to come when you get here. THE SCREEN SWITCHES OFF AND THE CREW TURN BACK TO LOOK AT THEIR LEADER. JACK: Well guys? BELLE: To paraphrase one of your favourite films. We aim to misbehave. JACK SMILES AND STANDS UP TALL. JACK: Well then. Let’s go to work. THE CREW GET UP AND ASSUME CONSOLES, READY TO HEAD FOR THEIR DESTINATION. JACK WATCHES ON LIKE A PROUD FATHER WITH BELLE HUGGING HIS LEFT ARM. JACK: Lucy, take us to Earth. CUT TO: EXT-AMELIA IN SPACE. THE SHIPS MAIN ENGINES POWER UP AND SHE FLIES INTO DEEP SPACE FOR HER NEW ADVENTURE. FADE OUT. THE RENEGADES WITH RETURN IN: ATHENA: RISE THE END